Samsung cameras at Photokina

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Posted by: Dennis Hissink

T' sleeping giant ' is the name of Samsung in the photo. And sleeping doesn't seem too far we discovered, after visiting the booth of Samsung. Concerning floor space, Samsung had sufficient space to showcase many of its new products, and it is rather surprising that Samsung has nothing or almost nothing, to declare as for cameras. All products but a prototype, the Samsung HZ1, were introduced at CES and PMA (January 2008). Samsung seems to omit profiling the company as a manufacturer of innovative camera and serious of the world's largest and most important imaging event, except for some camera models, introduced in July.

Samsung HZ1 digital camera
Camera of Samsung prototype on display during the Photokina is the world's first compact camera with 10 x optical zoom lens with a focal length starting at 24 mm. Optical Zoom offers a range of 24-240 mm. The Samsung HZ1 digital camera is the first in the world with a 10 x optical zoom, including a goal of 24 mm ultra wide angle lens. In addition, this 10 megapixel camera offers HD shooting opportunities. The images are played on a 2.7-inch LCD monitor. The camera Samsung HZ1 is destined to become available in December 2008.

Samsung and Pentax cooperation
For now, the cooperation of Hoya Corporation Pentax Imaging Systems Division and Samsung don't seem to much success when it comes to digital SLR cameras. Although Samsung has made it quite clear during the various events which certainly are willing to participate in the creation of an entry level DSLR, Pentax Hoya is introducing the Pentax K-m and a number of new lenses during the Photokina.

Samsung at Photokina 2008
This was a most amazing presentation of Samsung at Photokina 2008 and we are curious about the future of Samsung products. Maybe next year'S CES and PMA will offer hope for a clear line of Samsung camera? See the complete Gallery Samsung at LetsGoDigital.

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Samsung Ultra Edition 13.8

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Posted by: Ilse Jurrien

The Mobile 3 g today face changes as Samsung, building on its heritage of delivering inspirational design matched with powerful functionality, unveils a new line of 3 g phones. Part of design-led Samsung's Ultra Edition, these stylish mobiles expel the myth that 3 g phones are bulky and heavy. Launched today at the Louvre Museum in Paris, these innovative phones offering to maximise access to all the benefits that 3 g networks can offer, but with a look that is better than ever. The range of 3 G mobile Ultra Edition was built on the concepts of inspirational design signature that Samsung has become famous for, the elegant, sophisticated slider clamshell and classic candy bar.

Telephone Samsung Z720-HSDPA network
Each design then was further improved to allow the user to experience and engage fully with all content and applications that are currently available on 3 g and some of them, over HSDPA. To drive this elegant collection is Ultra Edition 13.8 (Z720), world's first and slimmest HSDPA cellular slide that you insert a thin 13.8 mm. This powerful technology comes packed with a camera and auto focus from 3 megapixel camera for taking pictures, when and where they are needed. It also includes a large QVGA 2.1 and supports WAP 2.0 and HTML navigation.

Camera phone Samsung Ultra Edition 13.8 -3 Megapixels
In order to enjoy all the benefits of 3 g, the Ultra Edition 13.8 also includes a second camera for video calls, while the document viewer, voice memo and PIM functionality will keep even the busiest of their workload. If you re calling for business or pleasure, this phone is guaranteed to make it a pleasant experience. For a long time that major barriers to consumer adoption of 3 g has been the lack of phones that are able to provide great functionality with an attractive design. Today, we make sure that this barrier is cleared with the European launch of the Ultra Edition 3 G phones, said Kitae Lee, President of Samsung's Telecommunication Network Business.

Samsung Ultra Edition 13.8-phone features
These phones combine the best design that Samsung has become known for, with a wide range of functions that ensure people can get access to a wide range of applications and entertainment at the fastest possible speed. With this launch, 3 g is now much more sexy and Samsung is at the forefront of this.

Samsung Ultra Edition 13.8-specifications
Standard GSM/GPRS (900/1800/1900MHz) + EDGE + UMTS + HSDPA
Camera 3 Megapixel camera + Dual VGA camera (AF/Zoom)
2.1 Display 240 x 340 262 k colors TFT LCD
& Messaging features Video recording (MPEG4/h. 263)
MP3/AAC/AAC +/e-AAC +/WMA
Digital Power Amp
Bluetooth 1.2/USB 1.1
Document viewer
Handsfree/Offline/uTrack/uGo
built-in 20 MB
Size x 51.3 x 104.5 13.8 mm
weight 80 G

Mobile phone Samsung Z720 Ultra Edition 13.8-Performance
Ultra Edition handsets have been created to find the right balance between sharp and attractive design inner strength, performance and ease of use. Mobiles premium Samsung's Ultra Edition set a new industry standard, while maintaining maximum signature Samsung design. For the body, as it seems, the Ultra Edition range means that slim doesn t have to be delicate, thanks to the use of new materials such as magnesium and fibreglass-infused plastic in their design. 3 g phones Samsung's Ultra Edition will be available throughout Europe by the end of this year. Please contact your local representative for more information about the availability of specific network, variations and prices.

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Review Samsung NX100

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Tuesday 14th, September 2010
Posted by: Dennis Hissink

Review Photokina 2010 - The system camera product group is steadily advancing. They were a bit slow to get going, but with the arrival of new manufacturers such as Samsung, the speed is increasing. According to Samsung, the system camera will conquer 4% of market share in 2010, but it is expected to increase five times in 2011 to 20% of market shares in the DSLR and system camera segment. It is clear that this will be at the cost of part of the digital SLR camera market. The new Samsung NX100 is expected to be part of that increase. The Samsung NX100 is a 14.6 Megapixel system camera with an APS-C format sensor and a friendly price tag. That makes for a remarkable combination.

Samsung NX100 review
The Samsung NX100 is certainly remarkable, even if it is only the fine design. While the Samsung NX10 still resembled a traditional DSLR camera a lot, though with smaller dimensions, the body of the Samsung NX100 resembles a compact camera much more. It is also one of the most important demands that are required for success. It has to be smaller and more compact in comparison with the DSLR, and has to maintain the user-friendly control of a compact camera. The Samsung NX100 system camera is comfortably light, weighing only approx.400 grams (including a 20m pancake lens and battery). Another remarkable feature of the Samsung NX100 is its unique control. In combination with new lenses with the so-called i-Function support, the Samsung NX100 camera offers a noticeably practical and unique ease of use. A bit of electronics and the newest firmware ensure for an extra piece of communication between lens and body. This communication makes it possible to adjust the camera settings manually via the lens. And that?s exactly as simple as it sounds. By pushing the i-Fn button on the lens, a tab appears in the display of the Samsung NX100 with a series of settings. Selection is done by turning the lens? ring and this is activated by the same i-Fn button.

Samsung NX100 test pictures
I was able to touch and try out the Samsung NX100, and I even took it with me in a helicopter flight above Amsterdam. The lens? i-Fn system is very handy and I was immediately convinced of its practical value. If the Samsung NX100 is used with a lens without this i-Function, then it is also possible to adjust the camera settings in the ?old-fashioned? way. Moreover, Samsung will introduce firmware within a month after the introduction of the NX100, so that the Samsung NX100 gets a panorama function. According to Samsung, this will be a similar panorama function to the one that the WB2000 (TL350) megazoom camera has. The top of the Samsung NX100 system camera offers an easy overview, in terms of the limited amount of buttons that occupy space there. Next to the shutter release button, the most important button is the dial with the main programs. The familiar modes such as P/S/A/M, Scene and Video each have their own location. The Samsung NX100 offers a modest amount of fourteen pre-programmed scenes, including Sound Picture. When this scene is activated five seconds before and five seconds after capturing the image, sound is recorded. Samsung?s idea is that this enriches the experience the sharing of pictures in social media.

Samsung NX100 video function
It is remarkable that the Samsung NX100 actually supports 720p HD video, but that is not really the key feature of this camera. Photography is the main core, and that is very clear, although 720p HD video in H.264 format will be sufficient for the majority of this target group, Samsung does not seem quite ready for camcorder-quality video integration in its system cameras. I do expect though that Full HD will play an important role in the coming year or years. Photo and video are saved on an SD format memory card, however, SDXC is not supported. The maximum storage capacity is 32GB (SDHC).

Samsung NX100 Lens kit
The Samsung NX100 will be delivered with a standard zoom lens of 20-50 mm f/3.5-5.6 ED. Additionally, we expect a new pancake lens, the Samsung 20mm f2.8 pancake. The new kit lens and the 20mm pancake lens support the new i-Function. Next year, around mid-April, Samsung is expecting to introduce the 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 zoom lens with i-Function. This will be an important lens for the Samsung camera system, for which there will be great demand. Later in the spring, a 60mm OIS f/2.8 lens will be expected. According to a Samsung spokesperson, the coming period?s aim is to introduce 5 new lenses every six months!

Samsung NX100 accessories
The Samsung NX100 system camera?s features and ease of use are certainly convincing. Without a doubt, the carrying comfort of this new Samsung system camera is very pleasant, and especially in combination with the pancake lens, it is remarkably flat. Samsung has several optional accessories available next to the NX100. An optional GPS tracker (Samsung GPS10) to capture your exact geographical location can be mounted on the camera?s hot shoe. There is also an optional electronic viewfinder available, the Samsung EVF10, with a resolution of 201.000 pixels (300x224). This is mounted onto the hot shoe via an interface on the back, just above the display. The optional Samsung SEF15A flash has a small guide number (15), and does not have the possibility of indirect flash. It is a fairly simple flash for just a bit of extra light.

Samsung NX100 does not have a built-in flash
The new Samsung NX100 does not have a built-in flash. Remarkably, this seems to be in less demand by the consumer. I would personally prefer having a small, built-in flash present. However, competing models such as the Sony NEX cameras also do not have a built-in flash and have shown rapid success in a short time. It is probably a typical ?photographer?s thing? to miss such a small detail. The beautiful screen on the back of the Samsung NX100 is an AMOLED type, and has a 3-inch format. Luckily, Samsung was smart enough to include the AMOLED quality, and thus the importance of such a display in the design of the NX100 camera. It may be desirable that the next generation has a tilting and rotating display. One of the advantages of AMOLED is the energy saving. It is immediately noticeable in the number of shots that can be made with a fully-charged battery. It is approx. 420 shots, measured according to CIPA?s standardized test methodology.

Samsung NX100 review
My first experience with the Samsung NX100 was an absolutely positive one. It is still too early to judge image quality, we will get back to that extensively when we receive the first technical test results from the DIWA Lab and I have thoroughly tested the Samsung NX100 in practice. For now, it seems that the Samsung NX100 has all the ingredients to score high. An intuitive and no-nonsense control, nice design, high quality AMOLED display, and a good retail price seem to be Samsung?s advantages. Slowly the Korean giant is waking up, which is something that the competitors have feared for some time now...

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Samsung F480 Review

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Friday, September 5, 2008
Posted by: Dennis Hissink

Samsung'sis an innovative company, continuously to meet the diverse needs of the consumer. The five design centres around the world and the inspiration derived from the lifestyle of today's consumer, make it possible for models like the Samsung F480 TouchWiz to be invented. The Samsung F480 TouchWiz is a compact phone with a touch screen that will certainly appeal to those users with a touch of style. With the Samsung F480 have a 5 Megapixel digital camera, an MP3 player and an FM radio are at your fingertips.

Mobile Phone Samsung F480
The integrated 5 megapixel camera with LED flash is located on the back of the Samsung TouchWiz. It isn t the number of pixels that makes this a special digital camera, despite the fact that 5 megapixels greatly is enough for a cameraphone; Special functions such as auto focus, image stabilization, face detection and my personal favorite; Smile shot, which makes the camera a TouchWiz technically high-quality item. Smile Shot function makes the shutter release only when a person smiles of composition.

Viewing photos on the Samsung F480
Samsung has devised a Nice mechanism to facilitate the display of images. When you view an image and press the down arrow on the top of your screen, you see a bar with thumbnails of all pictures in the album. It iterates through the album to find the right image and pressing the thumbnail again, makes the picture appear on the screen. You can also access various files by selecting the icon "file". Two-point improvement on the next phone: sometimes does not respond to the bar and scrolling is pretty slow.

Samsung F480 Review
Simply awesome is the luxurious compact design of the Samsung TouchWiz. People who adore fashion news will not be able to ignore this device. The brilliant, heat-sensitive LCD touch screen is very responsive and a pleasure to work with. The menu structure is logical and scroll through the menu is accompanied by sounds and nice visualizations. Some options do not require even the menu, thanks to widgets in standby mode of the phone. These widgets can be dragged anywhere on the screen and in this way you can customize the home screen of the Samsung F480. Read the full review samsung f480 on LetsGoMobile.

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Samsung GX-10

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Thursday, September 21, 2006
Posted by: Ilse Jurrien

'SSamsung announced the launch of Samsung GX10 10.2 Megapixel digital SLR, first SLR from the company to be placed firmly towards the discerning enthusiast photographer looking for full, beautiful design, ease of use and the actual value for the money, all in one camera. Samsung also announces the launch of five more lenses, that each would be released by the end of 2006, giving Samsung GX10 and GX-1 series users even greater freedom to express their creativity through the range Samsung DSLR. The Samsung GX-10 boasts a 10.2 Megapixel image sensor, which gives the photographer a sharper image with richer colours for a truly compelling composition.

Samsung GX10 cameras-stabilizer
Photograph is made easier with the pentaprism viewfinder with its high magnification (0.95 x) to provide a clearer, wider field of view (95%) for filming. For unparalleled viewing photos of the Samsung GX-10 also comes with a wide vista 2.5 TFT LCD (210 k pixels). With its powerful technology of optical image stabilization (OPS), the Samsung GX-10 prevents blurry images by shifting the CCD to counteract any movement of the camera s. OPS also uses information from the lens to secure results remain strong every time.

Samsung GX-10 digital SLR-dust protection
Advanced design features of the Samsung GX-10 that is robust enough to take quality photos also in wet sand or dusty conditions, as the camera has a special coating, waterproof and dustproof. The dust removal feature included in the Samsung GX advanced-10 also removes potentially problematic by dust from vibrating CCD it automatically when the camera is booted, resulting in perfect spotless images with minimal effort from the photographer. A further barrier is provided by special powder coating on CCD's protective window.

Digital camera-Samsung GX-10 price and availability
With one touch the RAW button, built in the Samsung GX-10, shooting RAW files is made simple and readily available to users even when shooting in JPEG. RAW files can be checked on the LCD, and then be converted directly into JPEG format using the converter for convenience. With the SamsungGX10, continuous shooting at 3 fps (frames per second) is possible; RAW files can be made at the same speed of up to 9 frames; giving the user the best chance of getting a great picture. The Samsung GX-10 is designed to allow the photographer to customize and take control of their camera with My Set Dial option allows you to customize the settings of the connection by choosing the most commonly used functions for ultimate ease of use. The Samsung GX-10 and lens should be available by October, with the price to be announced at that time.

Samsung digital SLR lenses
Samsung has also announced that five types of lenses will be launched at the end of 2006. These objectives are designed to allow true freedom in the creative process and include: fish eye lens (fish-eye 10-17 mm f 3.5-4.5 ED), an ultra wide-angle zoom (12-24 mm F4 ED AL), a wide-angle zoom (16-45 mm F4 ED AL), a fixed focus lens (35 mm F2 to) and a macro lens (Macro 100 mm f 2.8). The lenses also will be compatible with the digital reflex cameras launched by Samsung earlier in the year, the Samsung GX-1S and GX-1 l who were facing serious amateur photographer.

Samsung GX10 DSLR-features
Professional digital SLR camera with 10.2 Megapixel CCD sensor
Optical image stabilization with Shake reduction mechanism of moving the image sensor
CCD dust with dust removal system
Impenetrably built, resistant to water, sand or other potentially harmful materials
95% field of view, bright pentaprism viewfinder (0.95 x magnification)
Brightness adjustable view angle 2.5 TFT LCD (210 K)
Raw file format support (including conversion)
continuous shooting of 3 frames per second (up to memory full)
Support high sensitivity ISO 1600
TTL phase-matching wide 11-point AF
Opening segment opened 16 TTL metering system

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